Written & Directed by Spencer Whale
Showtimes
Thursday, March 9, 8pm
Friday, March 10, 8pm
Saturday, March 11, 2pm
Saturday, March 11, 8pm
Sunday, March 12, 2pm
Columbia University School of the Arts presents Cuck, Cuck, Bull, a directing thesis production by current student Spencer Whale.
Bushwick gays, Danny and Ike, are getting married! But they’re running out of time to decide what that means. When a confident third introduces them to fresh sexual dynamics, their growing secrets threaten to tear them apart. Perhaps literally.
Cuck, Cuck, Bull is a new traumedy by Spencer Whale about losing your way in the endless labyrinth of the Internet. This outrageous exploration of a modern queer subculture explores the dark side of mainstream acceptance and to what lengths couples will go to maintain a sense of the taboo.
Content Warning
Flashing lights, strong language, nudity, sexual content, and sexual violence.
Run Time
90 minutes, no intermission
Featuring
Spencer Evett – TOREY
Sam Gonzalez – DANNY
Jorge Felipe Guevara – IKE
Julian Manjerico – MICAH
Production Team & Crew
Playwright/Director Spencer Whale (current student)
Dramaturg Dezi Tibbs (current student)
Co-Producer Connor Scully (current student)
Co-Producer Dani Turner (current student)
Production Stage Manager Kyle S. Ronyecs (current student)
Assistant Stage Manager Hannah Yankowitz (current student)
Company Manager Kalen Sakima (current student)
Scenic Designer Britton Mauk
Costume Designer Marianne CD Needell
Lighting Designer Celia Krefter (CC ‘22)
Sound Designer Angela Baughman
Fight and Intimacy Director Alex Might
Wardrobe Run Crew Alexander Carroll-Cabanes (current student)
Backstage Crew Yi-Ming Chen / 陳奕銘 / Tân I k-Bîng (current student)
Light Board Operator Emma Catherine Schillage (current student)
Props Run Crew Bethsabe Caballero (current student)
Sound/Video Operator Tejia Sun (current student)
About the Artist
Spencer Whale (Director/Playwright) is an MFA Directing candidate passionate about developing subversive new plays and reawakening the classics. At Columbia, he recently presented his queer reimagining of Shakespeare and Fletcher’s The Two Noble Kinsmen and Vanya: An Active Analysis Workshop. His training in new play development includes stints as Directing Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club and Directing and Producing Fellow at City Theatre, where he helmed the Young Playwrights Festival, led developmental workshops, and assistant directed such productions as Nomad Motel (NNPN Rolling World Premiere), A Funny Thing Happened…, and The Guard. Most recently, he returned to City to assist Anne Bogart and SITI Company on The Medium. New works as director include Justin Aaron Halle’s Cowgirl; Hello, Daddy! and Founding Daddies with comedian Sam Morrison; and Quentin Crisp: The Last Word with the Quentin Crisp Estate. Pittsburgh credits include Fun Home and Big Fish for Front Porch Theatricals (Post-Gazette’s Top 10 of 2017 and 2019), LUNGS and Mother Lode at Off the WALL, and Peter and the Starcatcher for Stage 62. He graduated from Cornell University, where he led the Shakespeare Troupe and directed Titus Andonicus on the mainstage. Other favorite Cornell credits include subculture and Melancholy Play. Spencer has also worked with the Pittsburgh Public, Quantum, Kinetic, and Hangar Theaters; Pittsburgh CLO; Hiawatha Project; and THE TRIP. He is a patented inventor and inductee into the National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors who coaches entrepreneurship for Spike Lab. www.spencerwhale.com